Pressure‐Induced Isostructural Phase Transition in Biskyrmion Host Hexagonal MnNiGa. Issue 7 (28th April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Singh, Anupam K.; Devi, Parul; Jena, Ajit K.; Modanwal, Ujjawal; Lee, Seung-Cheol; Bhattacharjee, Satadeep; Joseph, Boby; Singh, Sanjay
• Is Part Of: Physica status solidi. Volume 16:Issue 7(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2022-04-28
• Subjects: biskyrmions -- hydrostatic compression -- isostructural phase transition -- magnetoelastic effect -- spin reorientation transition; Solid state physics -- Periodicals; 530.4105
• DOI: 10.1002/pssr.202200057
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1862-6254

Abstract

Abstract : Magnetic skyrmions are vortex‐like spin textures, which can be manipulated by external stress or pressure via magnetoelastic effects. Herein, the observation of isostructural phase transition in a biskyrmion host hexagonal MnNiGa at pressure P ≈4 GPa using pressure‐dependent synchrotron X‐Ray powder diffraction (XRD) data analysis is presented. The XRD data reveals anisotropic compression behavior with pressure with different compression rates of the a ‐axis in the basal plane and the c ‐axis in the prismatic plane. However, the hexagonal symmetry remains unchanged for pressure up to 14 GPa. Fitting of unit cell volume with pressure using a second‐order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state reveals that the data fall into two distinct curves for those above and below 4 GPa. Herein, the understanding of crystal structure with the application of hydrostatic pressure in the biskyrmion host MnNiGa is contributed to, wherein the skyrmion textures can be manipulated by pressure due to their magnetoelastic character. Abstract : The evidence for isostructural phase transition in a biskyrmions host hexagonal MnNiGa at pressure P ≈4 GPa using pressure‐dependent synchrotron X‐Ray powder diffraction data analysis is presented. Herein, the understanding of crystal structure with the application of hydrostatic pressure in the biskyrmion host MnNiGa is contributed to, wherein biskyrmionic textures can be manipulated by external pressure.